The company has formed a “strategic partnership” with inVentiv Health , who does a lot of outsourcing for big Pharma, earlier this year, so perhaps some the sales and marketing slated for sales will be moving in this direction. Merck is not the only company investigating and pursuing this direction...
Update: Are 3 minds better than one? It certainly appears this could be the case, at least when it comes to clinical trials and getting the right type of participants to enroll and some forecasting to make sure the drugs will succeed. What is the target here, the big crystal...